Editor in Chief Elliot Williams is spending the week communing with nature, which under normal circumstances would mean no podcast — after all, he’s the one who puts each episode together. But since your weekend would obviously be ruined without a dose of lo-fi Hackaday beats to kick things off, Managing Editor Tom Nardi made a valiant attempt to go it alone and produce…something.

This shortened episode will briefly go over the news, including updates about Hackaday’s various ongoing contests and the recent unearthly conditions in the US Northeast due to the Canadian wildfires, before diving into the results of last week’s What’s that Sound challenge. Listeners will then be treated to a special Quick Hacks segment from Jenny List, before settling in for the main event: a pair of fascinating interviews recorded during the 2023 Vintage Computer Festival East in Wall, NJ.

Check out the links below if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!

Feel free to download the MP3 directly for safe keeping.

Episode 222 Show Notes:

News:

• Intense smoke fills NYC and forces a ‘code red’ in Philadelphia
• Op-Amp Challenge makes way exciting new Contest, and Green Hacks going until July 4th

What’s that Sound?

• Congratulations to this week’s winner, [Albert]! The sound was a volcano.

Quick Hacks:

• Jenny’s Picks:
  • What Makes Wedge Coils Better Than Round For PCB Motors?
  • Apple Invent the Mechanical Watch
  • Protect Vintage Gear with Easy Capacitor Reforming

VCF East Interviews:

• • David Lovett – Usagi Electric
    • Building the Largest 555 Timer in the World out of Vacuum Tubes
  • Jeri Ellsworth
    • Jeri on Hackaday